by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 28, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die. Things have become necessary to us, a development never originally intended. God’s gifts now take the place of God, and the whole course of nature is upset by the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 27, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“There is within the human heart a tough fibrous root of fallen life whose nature is to possess, always to possess. It covets ‘things’ with a deep and fierce passion. The pronouns ‘my’ and ‘mine’ look innocent enough in print, but their constant and universal use is...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 26, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“When the Lord divided Canaan among the tribes of Israel Levi received no share of the land. God said to him simply, ‘I am thy part and thine inheritance,’ and by those words made him richer than all his brethren, richer than all the kings and rajas who have ever...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 25, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the ‘and’ lies our great woe. If we omit the ‘and’ we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 24, 2020 | 72 Days Pilgrim Challenge, Blog
“We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly...
